On this week’s podcast, Bob chats with Melodie Edwards, the host of the podcast series “The Modern West”. They talk about how environmental change is affecting ranchers in Wyoming, and also about the difference between the mythology and reality of cowboys. The newest season of the podcast series, “The Great Individualists”, by Wyoming Public Media premieres May 11th, 2022.
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The old story, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” is what we are all engaged in. The Native Americans had it right. It’s not possible to “own” lands. The planet, the environment, is all “Commons.” What we do impacts the whole planet, whether we like it or not. As each of us scrambles to wrest “our share” of the planet’s resources for just ourself, it only exacerbates that available for everyone else.
The root cause of all this, of course, is overpopulation. Until that is recognized, and I don’t believe that will ever happen until it’s too late, there will be no solution.